This article contains a sample script for creating a base map and how to fill a selected item in the base map.

To run this script:

1. Copy the script below, or click here to download the BAS file: Fill_Selected.BAS.
2. In a Windows Explorer window, navigate to C:\Program Files\Golden Software\MapViewer 8\Scripter.
3. Double click on Scripter.exe to launch Scripter.
4. Press Ctrl+A to select all of the existing lines then press Delete.
5. If you copied this script, press Ctrl+V to paste it into Scripter. If you downloaded it, click File | Open, select the BAS file from your downloads directory, and click Open.
6. Click Script | Run to run the script.
    

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' Fill_Selected.BAS
' Copyright (C) Golden Software Inc. 1992-2018
'
' This sample demonstrates how to change select a polygon by PID and then
' assign a specific fill pattern to that polygon
'
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Sub Main

   Set MapViewerApp = CreateObject("MapViewer.Application")
   MapViewerApp.Visible = True

   Set doc = MapViewerApp.Documents.Add(DocType:=mvDocPlot)
   Doc.CreateBaseMap(MapViewerApp.ApplicationFolder+"samples\co2010.gsb")
   Doc.Layers(1).Shapes.SelectByPID("08059")

Dim area As Object
Set area = Doc.Layers(1).Shapes.Item("08059")
area.Fill.Pattern = "Crosshatch"
area.Fill.ForeColor = mvColorGreen

End Sub

Updated May 22, 2018